UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct 30

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Oct 30 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 25
points lower on Monday according to financial bookmakers.
* SHELL: Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil won
blocks in Brazil's coveted pre-salt oil region in an auction on Friday.
* HSBC: HSBC Holdings PLC posted a five-fold rise in its pretax
profit for the third quarter, as the bank expanded its market share in its key
businesses in Asia, and helped by a lower comparative base in the year-ago
quarter.
* COPPER: London Metal Exchange copper rose by 0.2 percent finding
its feet after more than 2 percent losses in the previous session.
* GOLD: Gold inched lower on Monday as investors remained cautious ahead of
policy meetings of three major central banks and the naming of the next U.S.
Federal Reserve chair.
* British stocks followed European indexes higher on Friday, driven by a
weakening pound and a rise in RBS, which helped outweigh falls among mining
stocks and British Airways owner IAG. The FTSE 100 closed up 0.3 percent
with sterling slipping to a three-week low against the dollar as doubts grew
that a Bank of England rate rise expected next week would signal the start of a
series of hikes.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
* UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Northamber PLC Full Year 2017 Northamber PLC
Earnings Release
Cadence Minerals PLC Full Year 2017 Cadence Minerals
PLC Earnings Release
Andalas Energy and Power Full Year 2017 Andalas Energy
PLC and Power PLC Earnings Release
Earthport PLC Full Year 2017 Earthport PLC
Earnings Release
Firestone Diamonds PLC Full Year 2017 Firestone
Diamonds PLC Earnings Release
Wey Education PLC Full Year 2017 Wey Education
PLC Earnings Release
Millennium & Copthorne Q3 2017 Millennium & Copthorne
Hotels PLC Hotels PLC Earnings Release
HSBC Holdings PLC Q3 2017 HSBC Holdings PLC
Earnings Release
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(Reporting by Sanjeeban Sarkar in Bengaluru)